Suspension of TCU quarterback Corey Pachall throws Big 12 race up in air

Posted By John Henderson On October 4, 2012 @ 5:19 pm In Big 12 Conference,Football | No Comments

I had friends in college who got in the kind of trouble Casey Pachall has been in but they weren’t fifth in the nation in pass efficiency.

Thursday’s suspension of Texas Christian’s junior quarterback throws the Big 12 race for a loop, although it may have saved Pachall’s life. Coach Gary Patterson suspended Pachall after a drunk driving arrest early Thursday morning, less than a year after a positive drug test.

Pachall lives with ex-TCU linebacker Tanner Brock, who was one of the Horned Frogs arrested in a campus-wide drug bust in February. At the time Pachall admitted drug use to police.

Patterson didn’t suspend him then but he did now, leaving the Horned Frogs in a precarious situation. They’re ranked 15th, are 4-0 and 1-0 in league but have a brutal schedule approaching after Saturday’s home game against Iowa State.

Pachall led TCU to an 11-2 mark and a Poinsetta Bowl win last year and this season was fifth nationally with a 180.0 ranking with 948 yards, 10 touchdowns and one interception. He was considered one of the better leaders in the Big 12.

He’ll be replaced by red-shirt freshman Trevone Boykin who in mop-up work during blowouts has been 9-of-10 for 74 yards and a touchdowns. Boykin has credentials. Two years ago at West Mesquite (Texas) High, he was ranked the No. 5 dual-threat quarterback in Texas.

He threw for 2,930 yards and 28 touchdowns and ran for 1,799 and 30 more scores. That’s 4,729 yards of total offense and 58 TDs. But curiously, he only chose TCU over UTEP.

He’ll get his feet drenched against Iowa State (3-1, 0-1) then comes, in order, Kansas State, at Oklahoma State, Baylor, Oklahoma, at Texas, at Kansas and West Virginia.

Patterson mentioned no timetable for Pachall’s return.

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